Read the sentence from the passage. The squirrels would hoard them in their nests, while the people of the cave would store them in dirt holes to cool and preserve them.

What does the word preserve mean in the sentence above?

A. ground into pieces.
B. allow to harden.
C. keep from spoiling.
D. get ready for a special occasion.

Some cultural backgrounds have different superstitions or customs, this can play a part in how they decide things. superstitions are important to a culture for example, an asian culture has a superstition about women putting their purses on the ground their money will be gone, therefore people in that culture try everything they can to not let their purse touch the ground in fear of it being true. also like how we avoid walking under ladders in fear of bad luck. customs may also play a key role a custom also know as a tradition, is something people in the culture have been doing for generations as a quick example, if a family has a necklace that the family's mother passes it on to her daughter in so on it's a custom in that family.